Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor, and Claude Steele, Provost, University of California, Berkeley, talk with Carol Christ, Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education about undergraduate education. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30814]

John Douglass, Igor Chirikov and Gregg Thomson, present data from Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium about the quality of the student experience in the research university. A panel including Christine Keller, Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis, Association of Public Land Grant Universities and Josh Trapani, Associate Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis, Association of American Universities, follows the briefing. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30810]

California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber gives an inspirational address to the 2016 graduates of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31117]

Mitchell Stevens - Stanford University, Barbara Bichelmeyer - University of Missouri, Kansas City, Steven Brint - University of California, Riverside discuss how to effect change in higher education. Moderator, Rory Hume. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30826]

Involved college parents—frequently referred to as “helicopters”—are often derided as pesky interlopers who micromanage their children’s lives and make excessive demands on school decision makers. Laura Hamilton, Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Merced, discusses if these parents damage their children and burden universities or if they are a benefit. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30871]

Jane Wellman, Senior Advisor, College Futures Foundation; Joni Finney, Director, Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania; Candace Thille, Professor of Education, Stanford University, discuss ways to address the problems of cost and capacity for undergraduates at public research universities. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30813]

The full proceedings of the 2016 Commencement for the Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley, featuring keynote speaker Shirley Weber, a member of the California State Assembly. Series: "UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 31013]

Mark Schlissel, President, University of Michigan, presents the academic leader’s perspective on the direction of undergraduate education at the research university and ways to understand how individual students are doing using data. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30811]

Student evaluations of teaching are widely used in academic personnel decisions as a measure of teaching effectiveness. Research shows that these evaluations are biased against female instructors by an amount that is large and statistically significant. Philip Stark, Professor of Statistics and Associate Dean at the UC Berkeley shows that gender biases can be large enough to cause more effective instructors to get lower scores than less effective instructors. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30870]

UC Berkeley scientists have identified a key culprit responsible for the fluid loss and resulting shock that are the hallmark of severe – and potentially fatal – dengue virus infections.

Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Show ID: 30055]